Bookmark

ABSTRACT

Described is a bookmark having a bookmark body, on which a bookmark clip is disposed. The bookmark clip can clam the cover or inner pages of a book to prevent the bookmark body from falling off from the book. The bookmark body is bendable and includes a protection surface of mounting the bookmark clip, a bendable surface and folding sheet capable of being inserted into content pages of a book. The bookmark can be repeatedly used for many times while having the features of being simple in structure, easy to manufacture, and flexible and convenient to use.

CROSS REFERENCES

The present invention relates to U.S. Pat. No. 5,904,374 issued to thesame inventor. The U.S. Patent discloses a cover member of a book, whichincludes a bookmark having at least one foldable bookmark flapintegrally formed on a longitudinal edge of the book cover, or a dustcover of the book, or a foldable flap integrally secured to an upperedge or a bottom edge of the cover. When the bookmark flap is folded andinserted between inner pages of the book, the bookmark convenientlymarks a page location of reading interest in the book. The flap insertedinto the pages of the book also protects the pages from dustcontamination or atmospheric oxidation. The present invention furtherrelates to a co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/743,961 bythe same inventor, which discloses a novel book cover capable of beingused as a bookmark.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a bookmark, in particular, to abookmark having a clip which can be conveniently clamped onto a bookwithout damaging the book.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

FIG. 1 shows an existing bookmark having a plurality of parallel foldinglines. The bookmark particularly includes a bookmark body 10 and anadhesive surface 14. The bookmark body 10 includes a protective surface11; a folding sheet 12 that can be inserted into a book and a bendingsurface 13 having a plurality of parallel folding lines 15. When in use,the adhesive surface 14 is adhesively attached to the cover of a book,and the folding sheet 12 is inserted into inner pages of the book tomark a page location of reading interest. However, if the viscidity onthe adhesive surface 14 is too strong, it will inevitably damage thepapers of the book when peeling off the adhesive surface 14 from thebook. Consequently, a bookmark can be only used on one book and it isimpossible to move the bookmark to another book for reuse. On the otherhand, if the viscidity on the adhesive surface 14 is too weak, afterseveral uses, the adhesiveness on the surface 14 will gradually decreaseand disappear, thus causing the bookmark losing its utility andshortening the using life of the bookmark.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

One objective of the present invention is to provide a bookmark, whichcan be repeatedly used for many times while having features of beingsimple in structure, easy to manufacture, and flexible and convenient touse.

To achieve the above objective, the present invention provides abookmark having a bookmark body which includes a clip, which is disposedon the bookmark body and is capable of clamping onto the book cover orthe inner pages of a book so as to prevent the bookmark body fromdropping off. The bookmark body is bendable and includes a protectionsurface for mounting the bookmark clip, a bendable surface and a foldingsheet insertable into the content pages of a book.

The clip can be made of plastic, metal sheet or other resilientmaterials.

The clip can be adhesively mounted on the bookmark body, or be mountedon the bookmark body by inserting the clip into perforations or slots onthe bookmark body.

The bookmark body can be a plastic bag. The protective surface and thefolding sheet are disposed at the two opposite ends of the plastic bagrespectively. There is a gap between the protective surface and thefolding sheet. The plastic bag portion within the gap can be used as abending surface.

The protective surface and folding sheet described above can be mountedto the plastic bag through heat melting.

In the above-described bookmark, the bookmark body and the clip can bemade as one unit using one material with a lateral side of the bookmarkbody being corrugated to form a clip.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is the schematic diagram of an existing bookmark;

FIG. 2A is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 2B is a side view of the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2C is a perspective view of the using state of the first embodimentof the present invention;

FIG. 2D is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 2E is a side view of the second embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 3A is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 3B is a side view of the third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3C is the using state of the third embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 3D is a perspective view of a fourth embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 3E is a side view of the fourth embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 4A is a perspective view of a fifth embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 4B is a side view of the fifth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5A is a perspective view of a sixth embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 5B is a side view of the sixth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6A is a perspective view of a seventh embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 6B is a side view of the seventh embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 7A is a perspective view of a eighth embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 7B is a side view of the eighth embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 8A is a perspective view of a ninth embodiment of the presentinvention; and

FIG. 8B is also a perspective view of a ninth embodiment of the presentinvention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

FIGS. 2A and 2B show a first embodiment of the present invention, whichincludes a bookmark body 20 and a clip 24. The clip 24 is mounted on thebookmark body 20. The bookmark body 20 is bendable and includes aprotective surface 21, a folding sheet 22 that can be inserted into theinner pages of a book, and a folding surface 23. The folding surface 23is made of bendable material and its surface can be made to have aplurality of parallel folding lines 25. As shown in FIG. 2C, when inuse, the clip 24 clamps the cover of a book (or some inner pages of thebook). The bookmark body 20 can be then bended to insert the foldingsheet 22 between two inner pages from the upside or underside of thebook to mark a place of reading emphasis. If a reader needs to markmultiple reading emphases, several bookmarks of this type can beconveniently used.

The clip is only required capable of clamping papers of a book, andthere is no special limitation on its structure.

The clip of the bookmark can be made of metal, plastic, or otherresilient materials.

The clip can be adhesively mounted on the bookmark body, or be mountedon the bookmark body by inserting the clip into perforations or slots onthe bookmark body.

FIGS. 2D and 2E show a second embodiment of the present inventionillustrating another type of bookmark with a clip. The second embodimentbookmark includes a bookmark body 20 and a clip 24 mounted on thebookmark body. The bookmark body 20 is bendable and includes aprotective surface 21, a folding sheet 22 that can be inserted intoinner pages of a book, and a folding surface 23. The folding surface 23can be made of resilient materials and its surface can be made to have agroove 25 a.

FIGS. 3A and 3B show a third embodiment of the present inventionillustrating a hard board clip bookmark, which includes a bookmark body30 and a clip 34. The clip 34 is mounted on the bookmark body 30. In itsusing state, as illustrated in a schematic diagram shown in FIG. 3C, theclip 34 directly clamps inner pages of a book to mark page locations ofreading interest. The using methods and number of the bookmarks are notlimited to what have shown in FIG. 3C. Users can adjust using methodsaccording to their own preferences.

FIGS. 3D and 3E show a fourth embodiment of the present inventionillustrating a hard board clip bookmark, which includes a bookmark body30 and a clip 34. The bookmark body 30 and clip 34 are made as one unitusing one material. The clip 34 is formed by folding one lateral side ofthe bookmark body.

FIGS. 4A and 4B show a fifth embodiment of the present inventionillustrating a bookmark which includes a bookmark body 40 and a clip 44.The bookmark body 40 can be a plastic bag, which includes a protectivesurface 41 and a folding sheet 42 that are placed at the two ends of theplastic bag. The folding sheet 42 can be inserted into inner pages of abook. The protective surface 41 and the folding sheet 42 are made ofpaper or plastic sheet. Because the plastic bag is bendable, the plasticbag surface portion between the protective surface 41 and the foldingsheet 42 can be used as a bending surface 43 of the bookmark body 40.The clip 44 can be mounted on the plastic bag surface at the upper sideof the protective surface 40.

FIGS. 5A and 5B show a sixth embodiment of the present inventionillustrating a bookmark which includes a bookmark body 50 and a clip 54.The bookmark body 50 is made of paper, plastic sheet, or like materials,which are heat melted into a plastic film. The plastic film between theprotective surface 51 and the folding sheet 52 can be used as thebending surface 53 of the bookmark body 50. The surface can be made tohave a plurality of parallel folding lines or a groove. The clip 54 ismounted on the protective surface 51 of the bookmark body 50.

FIGS. 6A and 6B show a seventh embodiment of the present inventionillustrating a bookmark, which includes a bookmark body 60 and a clip64. The bookmark body 60 is made of resilient materials and includes aprotective surface 61, a folding sheet 62 capable of being inserted intothe inner pages of a book, and a bending surface 63. The bending surface63 can be made to have a plurality of parallel folding lines or agroove. The clip 64 is mounted on the protective surface 61.

FIGS. 7A and 7B show an eighth embodiment of the present inventionillustrating a bookmark, which includes a bookmark body 70 made of abendable material. The bookmark body 70 further includes a protectivesurface 71, a folding sheet 72 capable of being inserted into the innerpages of a book, and a bending surface 73. The bending surface 73 can bemade to have a plurality of parallel folding lines or a groove. Theprotective surface 71 is formed in corrugated shape and can function asa clip.

FIGS. 8A and 8B show a ninth embodiment of the present inventionillustrating a bookmark, in which the bookmark body 80 can be paintedwith decorative patterns or made into various artistic forms for beingused as a small book-card or a business-card etc.

UTILITY IN INDUSTRY

It should be clear from the above-described embodiments that the novelbookmark of the present invention has the following advantages:

1. The bookmark clip can clamp the inner pages or the cover page of abook without dropping off, when a user uses the bookmark to mark readingemphasizes in a book. The bookmark can be easily removed withoutdamaging the papers of the book.

2. The bookmark is removable from one book to another to be reused indifferent books.

3. The bookmark body can be painted with decorative patterns or madeinto various artistic forms for being used as small book-card orbusiness card etc.

1. A bookmark comprising: a bookmark body (20) including a bookmark clip(24) that is mounted on the bookmark body (20) to clamp the cover of abook or at least one content page of the book; wherein the bookmark clip(24) has a width that is substantially equal to that of the bookmarkbody (20); wherein the bookmark body (20) has a protective surface (21)on which the bookmark clip (24) is mounted, has a bendable foldingsurface (23) extending from the protective surface (21), and has afolding sheet (22) extending from the folding surface (23), thereby whenbendable folding surface (23) is bent over one or more pages of thebook, the folding sheet (22) is inserted between two inner pages of thebook; and wherein the bookmark body is a plastic bag (40), wherein theprotective surface (41) is disposed at one end of the plastic bag (40),the folding sheet (42) is disposed at the other end of the plastic bag(40), and the folding surface (43) is formed on the plastic bag (40)between the protective surface (41) and the folding sheet (42).
 2. Thebookmark according to claim 1, wherein the bookmark clip (24) is made ofplastic, metal or other resilient material.
 3. The bookmark according toclaim 1, wherein the folding surface (23) includes a plurality ofparallel folding lines or a groove.
 4. The bookmark according to claim1, wherein the bookmark clip is adhesively mounted on the bookmark body(20).